LESSON 3:INTERACTION WITH THE DISADVANTAGED LEARNING

COMPETENCY: APPRECIATE THE TALENTS OF PERSONS WITH

DISABILITIES AND THOSE FROM THE UNDERPRIVILEGED SECTORS OF
SOCIETY AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY (PPT11/12-ILD-6.1)

EXPLAIN THAT AUTHENTIC DIALOGUE MEANS ACCEPTING OTHERS

EVEN IF THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM THEMSELVES(PPT11/12-ILD-6.3)
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU'VE WATCHED MAALAALA MO KAYA (MMK)?
PERHAPS YOU WERE ABLE TO WATCH THE EPISODE ENTITLED "BANGKA"
THAT TALKS ABOUT THE STRUGGLE OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS SO
MOTIVATED TO REACH HER DREAMS OF FINISHING HER STUDIES DESPITE
HER FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE OF EXTREME POVERTY. AS A STUDENT, SHE
WOULD REGULARLY BRACE THE DANGER OF SWIMMING IN AN OPEN SEA
JUST TO ARRIVE AT SCHOOL. I CAN STILL REMEMBER EVEN TODAY HOW MY
HEART SOMEHOW "FELT THE GIRL'S OWN EMOTIONS AS SHE CONSTANTLY
STRUGGLED BECAUSE OF HER DREAM, EVEN IF THAT STORY IS NEVER MY
OWN AND THAT I DO NOT KNOW HER PERSONALLY. HAVE YOU ALSO
EXPERIENCED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS? WHAT WAS IT LIKE? WRITE
YOUR THOUGHTS OR FEELINGS ABOUT THIS ON THE SPACE BELOW:
• As human persons, we have the capacity to experience the experience of another just like the one
I described to you about that MMK incident. Philosophers call this human capacity to share the
emotions of others as empathy, which is also an important aspect of intersubjectivity. Perhaps
you have already heard that empathy can be understood as "feeling in" or "placing yourself into
the shoes of another." For example, how would you behave around a friend who just informed
you that his or her parent has died? Empathy enables you not only to share your friend’s grief
and offer him or her comfort during this difficulty, but also to own the grief of that person even
if it was not your own parent’s death. Can you cite another personal experience where you
express empathy with someone? Feel free to describe it to me on the space provided for below.
• to make ourselves available for others. This understanding encourages individuals to help
other people, most especially the least, the lost, and the last because it is our moral
obligation to do so. What about you? If, let us say, a stranger approaches you in the
street asking for help, will you try to help that person or will you ignore him or her? If
you choose to ignore him or her, what could be some of the possible reasons of doing
so? Please defend your answer.
• Indeed, there are people who would simply ignore those who seek for their help. They do
this because they have a negative view about human relationships. People having this
negative view often suspect that any form of human action is being influenced by
selfish interests, hence, for them it should be seen as not genuine or even deceptive
(mapanlinlang). When a person adopts this kind of view, he or she is said to be
experiencing alienation. Alienation arises when a person stops to view the other as an
authentic person and merely considers the other person as a mere object to satisfy his or
her personal interests.
• Have you already experienced alienation in your life? Probably yes. Will you please describe
that particular experience briefly on the space below? Thanks.
• Be that as it may, in spite of our negative experiences of human interactions, we are still called
to extend our hands in building a community of harmony. This is very important especially
that our world today seems to be surrounded with all forms of conflicts and violence. We can
only do this if we recognize that the other person is the same as ourselves a person with
dignity that needs to be upheld and respected.
• What will you personally contribute for the establishment of a community of harmony? Please
elaborate.
WHAT'S MORE?ACTIVITY 2.

• 1. Think of three (3) scenes from a movie, short film, or a TV show where (a) empathy,
(b) availability, and (c) alienation are well-demonstrated. Describe the scene of the
movie.
• 2. List your evaluations in the table below.
• 3. For the teacher: Use the rubric below to evaluate the output. (Rubric may be changed
depending on the agreement between the teacher/facilitator and the learner).